Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 735290 - Employee knocked unconscious in 8 ft fall

Accident Summary Nr: 735290 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 07/11/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105459770	07/18/1988	1799	0	Ceco Corp.

Abstract: Employee #1 went beyond the safety cables onto a 9 ft 5 in. long by 5 ft 5 in. wide patio in order to chip concrete from around a column. He put one foot on the patio and one foot on a 3/4 in. plywood form and began chipping. The centering on the plywood form had been removed and it gave way. Employee #1 fell 8 ft 5 in. to the concrete second floor. He was knocked unconscious when his head struck the piece of plywood, but he did not require hospitalization.

Keywords: HEAD, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105459770			Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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